diff --git a/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst b/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst
index d3b16643..234daf8e 100644
--- a/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst
+++ b/docs/patterns/fileuploads.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ config key::
     from flask import Flask, Request
 
     app = Flask(__name__)
-    app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = 16 * 1024 * 1024
+    app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = 16 * 1000 * 1000
 
 The code above will limit the maximum allowed payload to 16 megabytes.
 If a larger file is transmitted, Flask will raise a